Discover how railroads and the Homestead Act of 1862 fueled westward expansion, bringing thousands of immigrant farmers and transforming ...

On Dec. 18, an Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore. derailed on a highway overpass in DuPont, Wash. So far, the accident has left at least three people dead and has injured hundreds ...

I’m a conservative and a believer in free markets — always have been. But free markets don’t mean anything goes. They mean ...

The railroad station once was in institution an American life, in small towns and big cities alike. This human-interest tale is interwoven with history as the program explores how people interacted ...

The rapid expansion of America's railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful businessmen. Here we profile 12 of the most influential railroad magnates ...

Railroads are the quiet workhorses of our economy — moving the goods that keep manufacturers humming, farmers exporting, and small businesses stocked. They invest billions in infrastructure without ...

(CNN) — Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight ...

The train wreck in East Palestine could have been worse. In 2013 rail tank cars carrying oil separated from their locomotives and derailed in Lac-Megante, Quebec. The explosion killed 47 people and ...

North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 44 weeks of 2025 (ending Nov. 1) was up 2.0% from the prior-year period, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) latest ...

American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...

For all our differences, Americans are remarkably united on one key point. Partisan Democrats and Republicans, business and labor leaders, and just about all the folks sitting in think tanks or on ...